Jackson Guitars at Total Guitar Buyer

Grover Jackson spent his early years in the business building and supplying guitar parts under the Charvel brandname. Things changed dramatically in 1980 when he collaborated with Randy Rhoades to design a variant of the Gibson Flying V. At this point in time the Jackson brand was born.

The strength of the Jackson guitar brand was its willingness to innovate and deliver something original to an emerging group of fast players like Vivian Campbell and George Lynch. Eventually the custom designs gained in popularity leading to the production of model ranges including the Randy Rhoads, Soloist, Kelly, Double Rhoads and King V. It was the superstrat design of the Soloist that became the most influential guitar design of the 1980's and cemented the Jackson brand as a top of the range guitar manufacturer.

After Jackson left the company in 1989 three main product lines emerged - Custom Shop, US Series and Jackson Professional. Custom Shop and US Series guitars were manufactured in the US to to exacting standards and high prices. The Jackson Professional range was built in Japan as a means of introducing high quality versions of the American originals to a wider market. This trend has continued with some models built in Japan Concept Series), Korea (Performer Series) and India (X Series).

Jackson Guitar Catalog

The Jackson guitars currently available are as follows:

JS Series:

• JS1 Dinky
• JS20 Dinky
• JS30DK Dinky
• JS30DKT Dinky Hardtail
• JS30KE Kelly
• JS30KV King V
• JS30RR Rhoads
• JS30WR Warrior

MG Series:

• DKMG Dinky
• DKMGT Dinky
• DXMG Dinky
• SLSMG Super Lightweight Soloist
• WRMG Warrior

Pro Series:

• DK2 Dinky
• DK2L Dinky LH
• DK2M Dinky
  
• DK2S Dinky
• DK2T Dinky
• KE3 Kelly
• RR24 Rhoads
• RR3 Rhoads
• RR5 Rhoads
• SL3 Soloist

Pro Series Artist Signature:

• Christian Olde Wolbers Signature 6-String Dinky Arch Top
• Christian Olde Wolbers 7-String Dinky Arch Top
• Kevin Bond Signature Rhoads
• Mark Morton Dominion

Select Series:

• DK1 Dinky
• KE2 Kelly
• KV2 King V
• KV2T King V
• RR1 Rhoads
• RR1T Rhoads
• SL1 Soloist
• SL1T Soloist with Fixed Bridge
• SL2H Soloist
• SL2H-MAH Soloist
• SL2T Solist with Fixed Bridge
• WR1 Warrior
  

X Series:

• Jenna Jameson King V
• DX10D Dinky
• KVX10 King V
• RX10D Rhoads
• WRXT Warrior

USA Artist Signature Series:

• PC1 Phil Collen